Senior Pricing Specialist / Actuary

About Monument

At Monument, we don’t just offer market-leading personal, commercial, and liability insurance products; we craft solutions that empower businesses and individuals to thrive.  As one of New Zealand’s largest underwriting agencies, we partner with local and offshore capacity providers to sell our insurance products exclusively through Gallagher Insurance brokers.

Joining Monument means stepping into a team where collaboration fuels creativity, and every day is an opportunity to make a difference. Being part of a collaborative, fast-paced and forward-thinking team, means ideas are encouraged, your contributions valued, and you’re trusted to deliver exceptional outcomes for our insurance partners, brokers and ultimately our customers.

Are you ready to make your mark?

The role

We are looking for a Senior Pricing Specialist / Actuary who is motivated to take an active role in the company’s strategic direction, ensuring ongoing profitability and growth. Day-to-day responsibilities are broad, and the ideal person is someone who enjoys collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders to make recommendations that improve business outcomes.

As part of our dynamic and supportive team, you’ll enjoy an array of benefits designed to enhance your professional journey. We are committed to your development, offering robust support for professional growth and continuous learning. As our business continues to expand, so do the opportunities for you to advance and thrive.

Responsibilities

Based in Auckland and reporting to Monument’s Head of Product & Pricing, this role will be responsible for:

• Owning, maintaining and sophisticating pricing models as we work towards increasing business growth, financial profitability, customer experience and/or operational efficiency.
• Recommending and supporting price changes in collaboration with business stakeholders, including the implementation and testing of these changes in our connected system.
• The suitability, accuracy and quality of data use for analysis and business reporting.
• The sharing of results, analysis, key findings or similar insights with various stakeholders across the business in a manner which is easily consumed and understood.
• Growing the teams’ knowledge through mentoring, documentation and being curious.

Qualifications and experience

• Tertiary qualification in actuarial, statistics, mathematics, computer science, engineering or data analytics related.
• At least 5 years’ experience in insurance pricing, actuarial, the provision of business insights or similar analytics field.
• Strong analytical, data preparation, data modelling and visualisation skills.
• Experience with data analytics software and associated business tools (particularly Microsoft Excel, Power BI, SQL, and R).
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Autonomous working habits, adhering to deadlines.

Our Benefits

Monument offers a range of benefits to our employees including:

• A competitive remuneration package including performance incentive bonus.
• A hybrid working model (3+ days in our newly renovated Auckland office).
• Financial support towards ongoing professional development and CPD.
• Free Life Insurance (Terms & Conditions apply).
• Heavily subsidized staff insurance premiums.
• Staff wellness benefits and EAP support.
• Staff flu vaccinations.

How to apply

If this sounds like a role for you, and you are ready to make your mark, then we would love to hear from you. Jenny Parker from Convergence is recruiting this role on behalf of Monument Insurance, please send an email to jenny@convergencepartners.co.nz or feel free to call for a confidential chat on 0279137255

Please note we only accept candidates who have the right to work in New Zealand.

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